Space News

New research on an iron-dependent bacterium shows that it could be a model organism for lifeforms on Mars.

National Geographic is bringing Mars down to Earth this week. New Yorkers can visit the Mars experiential dome in lower Manhattan to get a taste of what it would be like to go to the Red Planet.

NASA is working on ways to keep space travelers headed for the Red Planet aware of changing space weather conditions so they can stay safe. But space weather affects people on Earth, too.

A new study from the University of Bern indicates that most planets that orbit red dwarf stars might be water worlds, which could have a serious effect on the hunt for extra-terrestrial life The post Planets Around Stars...

Astronomers using observations from NASA's Kepler and Swift missions have discovered a batch of rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than 100 times the peak levels ever seen from the sun. The stars, which s...

A high-resolution image taken by a NASA Mars orbiter this week reveals further details of the area where the ExoMars Schiaparelli module ended up following its descent on 19 October.

A presidential transition process that will start in earnest at NASA after Election Day in November will not wrap up until long after Inauguration Day in January, an agency official said Oct. 25. SpaceNews.com

Using data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, scientists have shed new light on the formation of a huge bull's-eye-shaped impact feature on the Moon. The findings, described in two pape...

New Horizons:

Students will gather at National Geographic's headquarters in Washington for an opportunity to speak with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard the International Space Station. at noon EDT Thursday, Nov. 3...

The eerie glow of a dead star, which exploded long ago as a supernova, reveals itself in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Crab Nebula. But don't be fooled. The ghoulish-looking object still has a pulse. Buri...

This Oct. 25, 2016, image shows the area where the European Space Agency's Schiaparelli test lander reached the surface of Mars, with magnified insets of three sites where components of the spacecraft hit the ground....

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:

The number of know asteroids approaching Earth has grown rapidly since the count reached 10,000 only three years ago. Near-Earth objects, or NEOs, are asteroids or comets with sizes ranging from meters to tens of kilomet...

Now recovered from protective hibernation, the spacecraft is preparing for its next close encounter with the giant planet --

A new view of the Milky Way shows our galaxy bursting with a dazzling array of colors unlike anything we've seen before. "This is the first radio survey to image the sky in such amazing technicolor," said Natasha Hurley-...

A square-shaped probe, POLAR (Polarimetry of Gamma-ray Bursts), dubbed as "Little Bee" atop China's second space lab, Tiangong-2, an experimental space lab launched by China with two astronauts, is currently orbiting the...

Simon Pegg has a conversation with NASA astronaut Kate Rubins. She tells him that she watched the latest installment of the 'Star Trek' movie franchise from the cupola and more.

What is it going to take to really get humans to Mars? A new television series and a companion book take a detailed and hard look at the future of Mars exploration. The six-part documentary series on the National Geograp...

Three Expedition 49 crew members are winding down their stay in space this week, as a new trio gets used to its new home on orbit. While all six International Space Station residents are in the midst of a crew...

ESA Science & Technology :

Now available is the October 19, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material. The speakers was Steve Robinson (UC Santa Cruz) who discussed "An ISS Space Ambulance Based on X-37B Technology."...